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.:-..- i ': THE WAR - WEEK Commentary on Current Bvents Assault Upon German-Occupied Countries Is Allies' Chief Problem The broad lines of Allied global tntegy. says the New York Times, wre laid down within the month that followed I'earl Harbor. <;- I/my, counted the most pow- rll fo> of tha United Nations, WON m " k''d for defeat first. A v.;r HIP in .lupaii was I lintM the t', ill weight of Al"->d illicit could be brought to i'i!',iwiiu !'ie -li-feat of Ger- nuiiy. I., a * t w.-rk. seventeen month Ions had . " bl 'I '. <|LIOS- ! '.':! lea. There were de- D that would make J.i.;. ID :n\ to lie de- fe;ited : Victory on Attu V\"!.il- i.in .!s iiinlcr way i':.;uc Mi:i:-i.-r Wiiibton C ch ' ' i iileiu l-'nmklin I) It r military S'-yins tut ure d |>1 li n| i!ieir ill- is- lin. action on tl i figh iiig from * in l)oth the i -.-. ru Hieativs of war. !; he Bawl \nifi ii c au hoops Ol of strategic Attu N .11 I 1 ., ''.fit:. Tliis tiny fog- 1" Hi > I mil (ipiihi In-come a Icise for Alli'-i| ail iil'iw-. ;i^.iii;s[ the >a n>-ar-!)V Ki-ka l In addition. Americans lia.l OH At'.j .1 .I'Oiiii-'-e-built bomber runwuy :.'im which Flying I-'ort- n a nl Liberators m.iy strike at a n;f. al liasi- mi ParauiUKhlru, ' rnmoM is! 11: I of the .l.ipan- i ! - '.mil. 'i:M mill's to the S" ililWC-:. U'll'i ! 'l-n-'lDllIlU'llt ot ii' w IOIIKH :,itini' bombers even Toltxo. .' '('in iiuli-s from AltU, iniu-lit !> wiiiun : oini'l Irip r.uiga. Blockade Weapon Sum.' observers ~:iw other, eve-ll more ini|i<>r' in', -i'lv. minxes In the ! '''ii'" of A't'i ;ind 'he <-\;>an- inn nf Ann-' inn bases throughout tli Adrians. Td.-su point out tlia! tin- I' IIPIIS nuriiie-! a sea cninm;iii'|.-J b> !] i-,l.nids is one of (lit- v/orld'.i richest l'ihing n j< From tiles". wal-rs ami rhe (flj i . i-iu sea of Okhotsk Japan has been drawing a !.> -^ [Mirliun ot it* food i'ip|ily. Thus Amc'-iciui O|>rjlions acain^t the dig Jaiian- fishiiu; rl'-i-r iii:i{lit In the long run pro." a Mm kadrf wi-apon of (! , ilu". In :id'lnion, Ameri- can posy "-.siiin <*f thu entire Aleu- tians chain, str.-'i-liint; I.'^IMI miles from Ali^ki t-i witliin 5'Ml miles of Kamchatka, would provide a eiies of sieppinij stones for tilt- Vfiitual attack on Japan prt>pei ID the uvrtiit Ku.ssia ueconi'i* in- Tolvfl In lha Asiatic war, tliiR route rould bo of nn'-iilmabld valu- ta joint opuiatlons. In the West the Allied air for* >-s pressed an ever-mounting ussault Upon Adolf Hitler's Fortress Knr- IM, an urTriisivrt driven IIOIIID witli ywticutur fury .m.iin.i 1 tho Hal m 1*1. IT: ^ in the Mediterranean, Tli'Mw th- drive Hi-emed a pn>ludi I* Invasion. Strategy Reaffirmed In these operations obo'-rver* law a reaflinuatioii of the original plan. The a*.saiili upon ihu (Jer- nan-occupied Coin ni^nt wn!J re- main tin) Allii-H 1 cliief COUCHVII. M would iip i IMS- in fury in tuu air. It wonl'l, at Ilie proper lime, be iifiidi'd M i;n-lii'Ie ground actiou. Th F'acific wnuM mniain secoud- ary. Hut in 'his ili.-.iice HIM-P wert> IKUH thai tint action would ha itepped up and heavy blows would be (ihiitvl :ii J.ipan vn as Oer- manv was II-IIIK IIP, Hen to III ki *. Tho debute on dm wi->ili>m of this rour-,1' was* .started In tin Se?iat. la,i Monday by Senator Albert llciij.iinin Chandler of Ken- <ucky. who CDiiti-mleil that America ulnuilil ci/nreii!raie aiialnsl Japan /n -i. (ii'iniany si-conil. He offered two ai'Kiinieiiii to support bis con- teniion. 'I he first was ihat the Japam-M- /er, ilinniu? Into thi-lr nuAly i i).'ii|!i.-icil I'uiils and unless on.^tcil IIOK iMiiiNl pi live toiiKli op- poiiPiits l.tl.r. The si-coml was a chaiRo that :idr tlm war In th West, was won <;i":it Uriiain and KuMsia wniili! . i.i ,A. leaving Amerii a to win lia< k the Kant lone. Mr. Churchill'* Reply The Si'ii.iiur Wii> unsAcred IB diHiiiaiii; fiishiou. The 1'riilif) Mill- iHti-r of (ireiit Itinain ii|i|i".mit beloro a join I si-sslim of tin; Am- ri' an I'oiiKieis, whi'iu he ilct'cinl- ed Allied (.-iiind strali-gy m much the SHIIIH way lhal. ha appear* from tiino to iime ii-tni.) tli.> Hrl- tlHli Parliament In defend tin* [ioli- Ctc of hl.s novel nuient. Mr. Chun:. hill went illiecily to lh issues Mi Chuniller bad raised. *'irsi i aiii a plcilne ; aimeil at alluyiiiK HID suspicions that llrl- tain wuiil.l not iak-> tier full Hhani In the war In tb Pacific. He said: "And I am her to tell you thai wa Will iv.iKu that war (against Japan) aiile by xldo with you In ' .1 1 mi witli the heat strategic omploj moni of our tn- . while ilu i i.s in nil in our iiiniii-s and while blooil flows thronich our reins." Role In The East Next lliu I'ruim Miiii.si.-r spoke of tin- iol the Hi itlsh fon .- cini ply in iho Kii<t. Ho said: "A iini.ii'i'i part In tlie war against Japan must, ot course, be i>: i .I by the largo amileH JIM. I by the air and naval forces now uiar- s/i.i'. ) by Oreat Britaiu on the eastern frontiers of India. In thla quarter there UH onu of the moans of bringing '-I to h&rd-pressed China." Then hft turitud to the funda- mental Allied strategy and reiter- ated H He said: " it was evident (in 1941) that while the defeat of Japan would not mean the defeat ot Ger- many, the defetat of Germany would Infallibly mean the ruin of Japan. The realization of this sltnpla truth ii . not mean that both sides should not proceed to- seili,\r, and indeed tha major part of the United States force la now deployed on the Pacific front." Japan Must Ba Held In point of fact, the whole agi- tation for switching the war ef- fort to the Far East is based on that same fatal underestimation of Japan which led to the Initial disasters for both Groat Britain and the United States. For with all du- respect to statements at- tributed to military commanders in the Far Bast, it Is worse than wishful i Inn km.; to assume that either Groat Britain or tha United Status could deiflect enough forces and shipping space to tin Par K.ist to deal a knockout blow against Japan without courting complete dlsastur in Europe. And to do anything less would be worst than futlla: it would merely di- vide the Allied forces and in/it* defeat, or at best produce a stale- mate. In both theatres of war. Ja- pan must lio held at all cost, and in so far a* Allied resources per- mit, liases must be created and roads blasted open la prpiiratiou for thfl day when both America and th British Roipira oan con- centrate all their forces against (t. For to defeat Japaii will tak* all that w can give. Allies To Occupy Reich And Italy German Militariim To Be Cruihed Onca and For All Tha Allies ara determined to avoid on* of the major mistakes ' tha 1918 armistice aud Intend "i M"oupy Oermany aud Italy with ihtH- military force* lock, stock i tul barrel When tha final collapse rumen. It was *8Herted In Informed quarters. Furthermore. It was under .stood that during tha period of military occupation tha Allied leadership has decided to deal only with mili- tary authorities and only on an unoondlttonal-fturrefidv basis. There will be no trafficking wlbh puppet governments brought out of the limbo to save the fax's of discredited regimes. And If the military authorities la tha occupied countries cannot re-establish order, the Allies will do the job themselves In the tran- sition period until the people have the opportunity to choose their own free governments, It was said. "This tune there won't b any armistice," one well-placed In- formant. declartMl. "(lei man mili- tarism U going to IIM cnmtiRd once and for all "As proclaimed itt (,'u.sa.hUnca (hern must h unconditional sur- render. This done, there won't be any Cutiiro Hitler to rise up and say It was tha IIOIIID front that coll apsftd, in , i. "ul of the army. Thu failure to occupy (iormaiiy after the last war w,u responsible In largii measure for I his war. That mistake will not be repeat- ed " It was said that the I'nited Na- tions' derision to treat only with tha military authorities iu the post-war Inlorliidc was based upon a desire to prevent any appearance of supporting political factions. Australia's Method Soldiers in Auslralia between IS ami 1!) years of age who havo completed tahuir military training; will bo 'JHer! in rural mobile hitior pools until mature enough to lie sent bo operational stations. THREE LITTLE PRINCESSES Although their country is an island of neutrality in a continent of war, these three little Swedish princesses have fray smiles for th camera at their home near Stockholm. They are Princesses Hirgitta. 6; Margaretha, '.>, and Deairee, 5, daughtrs of Prince Gustaf Adolf and (aeat-gTanddaui''hte'rm of King Gustaf V. OTTAWA REPORTS That Canada's 1943 Food Pro- duction Drive Will Be Greatest In Our History. That Farmer* Have Been Given Special Consideration in Meat Rationing Plan No nhvgle wartime regulation by blie Canadian Government more closely concerns the day in and day out lives of all Canadians than the meat rationing order. There were lots of folk completely unaffected by one or other of the restrictions passed upon bhe oon- umption of Liijuut.i, i>r tea, or coffe, or even ga.-*>line, but no- body, from infancy tx> old age, except a very few vegetarians, ic unaffected by meat rationing. Weeks and weeks of intensive -. . and careful consideration wore devoted by experts to the planmi ;' ot bhis_ unprecedented change in the Canadian way of accustomed living. The exj>ert approached the problem in the full realization that rural Canada presented a completely different *>et of circumstances from thoso prevailing in the cities. Full con- sideration of the way of life of til farmer's family in reapeot to meat supply has een (riven in tii. i meat rationing plan. There are some liaO.'liM) farm- i in ' .n. nl. i and very many of tolioitu secure a part of the meat they and their families conwumo from the .slaughter of their own animals. Many secure a |x>rtion of their meat from the farmer next door or the ojie on the next concession. The fact U, the (termer K ' much of hU meat supply from his home-killed -itwk, and ;.li ! is H good deal of exchange of meal between fanner and farmer. On the other hand, very many farm households purchase a por- tion of their meat from the meat hop, A farmer kills a hog for his own family's use, probably sells Kali" of it to another farmer down the road. Hut he and hi* family do not want to live on pork until tho whole half bog has been oaten Ho want.s to be in a position to buy a roast of beef or a cut of laJii'b occasionally. The meat rationing plan has IHVII designed to take these facts into account. Farmers who slaugh- ter meat for their own use ure allowed to retain at all times SO ipor cent, of I heir iiu-at ration coupons with which to purchase meat from a retailer. Farm household.-, are urged by the Wartime Prices and Tnid Hoard t,o live at all timed within the .spirit of the rationing order. If they have been eating more than two pounds (gross we4prht> per person a week, they are asked to cut their consumption by 10, 15 or 20 per cent., as the need may be, to bring them within the ration regulations. They will want to think in termu of the overall supply and they will remember that our total con- sumption must be reduced by approximately 20 per cent, if our responsibilities to Great Britain, to our armed forces, to the Red Cross, etc., in fact, all those who are keeping the war from our shores, are to be mat. Farmers who kill their own stock and consume it themselves or buy meat from or sell meet to obher farmers, art asked, howev&r* to keep areful track of the cou- pons involved. Special stamped and addressed envelopes will be provided them by local ration boards so that they will be able each month to mail the coupons from their own households and those they havs collected from other farmers to whom they liave sold meat. Farmers who have been accustomed to mailing cou- pons for farm butter, will be familiar with th procedure. If True, Where Do They Hide? A writer in Tlie Christian Cen- tury, Chicago, doesn't lik tti* "harsh mechanical phrase Un- conditional Surrender." He thinks a "negotiated peam with Ger- many, without Hitler," would prove "the key to a just and last- ing peace." Hu declares bliat thorn ara "millions of Germans who have steadfastly opposed Hitlerism ever since it raised iu ugly head, and other millions of (ienuutis who have now conie to oppose the Xazis through the experiences of these last few bitter years." What, one might ask, have all those millions, and additional mil- lions, of Hitler-hating Germans been doing during the past four years? Have they allowed a com- paratively few Nazi gangsters to browbeat and bulldoze them all? Spare-Time Workers In British Plants The office staff of a firm in the Midlands decided that they wanted to help in actual produc- tion, in additoin to their ordinary work. Shifts wero thorofcrt air- ranged to fill in all the times when the machines would other- wise be idle, in between day ami night shifts, and at certain times on Saturdays ami Sundays. Volun- teers wore asked for, and about two thirds of the staff joined in the scheme. They are now mak- ing nuts for aricraft, the women lu'itiff engaged on machining and \ : v.'ing and the men having been i .f.-j in setting. Lake Freighters To Carry Guns Lakers In Combat Zonet To Be Manned by Navy Keen-eyed veterans t& the Royal Canadian Navy, some of whom have heard their shots rattle off the steel sides of enemy submarines on the Atlantic, will this year become crewmen of laka freighters for the first time in history. Kach of the lakers that finds its way through wate'3 designat- ed by the navy as a combat zon will carry stern guos tor pro- tection against lurking U-boats and blue middled gunners, who know how to handle them, will be on duty 24 hours a day. Night and day shipyard work- men are putting the finishing touches on guns and equipment which skippers hope will bring death and destruction to U-boats and their crews who lurk in waters off Canada's eastern shores. Special deckhouses are being built to house the gunners, only a few feet away from the guns, and lookouts will scan the water night, and day for the tell-tale feather of enemy periscope. I-ast year, according to tin* lake skippers, they could do little more than shake their fists ait U-boats that surfaced near their boats and took pot shots at other .ships in their convoys. But this year, they sayi things are going: to be different. One skipper said that last year they could have finished off more than one submarine that surfaced near them, but hadn't as much "as a pea-shooter to hit back with." The need for more ships oa deep-sea routes, shipping author- ities said, has made it almost a necessity to send the lakers on runs through combat zones. What Determines Color Of The Sea Canadian troops stationed a* observers in Tunisia have com- mented frequently on the blue water of the Mediterranean. Pure ocean water has a clear blue color because salt water dos not absorb the blue rays of sun- light aa it does the red rays. The proverbial blue of the Mediter- ranean is due to the fact that there are few larjfe streams carrying the impurities into it, and there is a constant stream of salt water pourinjf into it from the Atlantic. The bluenese of sea water de- pends largely upon its saltiness. The Arctic and Antarctic Oceana, which are cold and not very salty, are vivid ffreen in color. The Yel- low Sea is golden bocause of bh sediment Ijroug'ht to it by larfje stream* arising in the desert of Western China, and the dull red tint of the Red Sea arises from millions of microscopic planU called alsrae. The Gulf Stream U marked by a clear blue ribbon of warm water in bhe Atlantic. VOICE OF THE PRESS FARM IMPLEMENTS UP Examples are given of the prices received at recent farm aictiou gales. A six-ytar-old horse-drawn mower which cost $90, went for |75. A hayloader in use for twen- ty-four years, which cost $85, brought $!>f> ten dollars more than its first owner paid for it. A mechanical potato-digger, which cost $150 ten years ago, brought $162. Hamilton Spectator. o CONSUMERS OF GASOLINE Every single day airmen in training in this country fly 2.000.- 000 miles, whirl) constitute* an- other very good reason why KJH- oline ration allowances for non- essential travel are considerably reduced this year. Brockville Recorder and Times. STARVING It was meatless Tuesday and it was Just heartbreaking to see those poor fellows in the n < tour- ants trying to keep body and soul together by eating baked ' pea soup, scrambled eggs, cblOkOB pot-pie and the like. Fort William Times Joi n::il. AT LEAST IT ACHES The Nazis are shocked by ('! urc- hill's vulgar phrase, "the under- belly of Europe." and sugn-'st the more refined ward "abdomen." Whatever thiiit; U. it aches The New Yo.-kt.-r. o NEEDS A BIG HOLE Goaring orders silt trenclu--* be dug for the protection of German civilians. Meanwhile, Hefty Her- man Is no doubt trying to scare up a steam shovel for his own use. Kitchener Record. o TO FIT THE CRIME Japan announces that It has pun- ished British and American servica men in the Philippine! for posing at civilians. M.iybe we should punish the Japs for posing a* Vi- ai-ri beings. Stratford Baacon H : ild. o JOKE ON HIM A report from Indiana says that youth who stoia an auto "for a Joke" was found In a ditch. Th joke was on him. Rraritford Expositor. o UNFAIR TO WOLVES A headline mention! "Jap \Volf Pack." An Insult to the wolf which !, br comparison, a gentleman. Ottawa Journal. Petticoat Rule PetticoaU literally are rul- ing the range country. Rancher Floyd W. L*e tried hinii s ' 80 Navajo Indian women as sheep herders, and said men herders wer never lik this. Kach squaw wean at least a dozen flaring, gypsy skirts, he explained doffing them M needed to wrap up chilled, newly-born lambs. FUNNY BUSINESS "Send it as a one-word telegram my brother's a nu- mcrologist!" REG'LAR FELLERS Strictly Fresh By GENE BYRNES ./ NOW, BEAT IT ! 7 WHEN WE'RE 1 PLAYIN 1 TABLE / (TENNIS WE WANNA x'-V BE ALONE.' W MY EXISTENCE A WOULDN' BE HAFF \ SO COMPLICATED tj{ IF IT WASN'T FOR PINHEAD PID YOU SEE AN' EGG TMAT WAS IN THIS SAUCER?